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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Maldon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,323 approved · 772 refused · 110 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Feb 2022 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
20 Festival Gardens Tolleshunt D'arcy Essex CM9 8TX
Received 9 Dec 202245 Steeple Road Mayland Essex CM3 6EG
Received 12 Dec 20221A Alexandra Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8BW
Received 12 Dec 202252 Princes Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8BX
Received 12 Dec 202253 Orchard Road Maldon Essex CM9 6EW
Received 7 Dec 2022Burnham Town Council Council Offices Chapel Road Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8JD
Received 12 Dec 202244 Mell Road Tollesbury Essex CM9 8SP
Received 14 Dec 2022Ridge Side Fambridge Road Althorne Essex CM3 6DB
Received 14 Dec 2022Birchwood Farm Birchwood Road Cock Clarks Essex CM3 6RF
Received 14 Dec 2022Maldon Coffee Company 30A High Street Maldon Essex CM9 5PJ
Received 14 Dec 2022Josua 4 Silver Street Maldon Essex CM9 4QE
Received 15 Dec 2022Cobbins House 3 Cobbins Chase Burnham-On-Crouch Essex CM0 8QF
Received 15 Dec 2022Land North Of 48 Woodrolfe Road Tollesbury Essex
Received 16 Dec 2022Land At Broad Street Green Road And Langford Road And Maypole Road Great Totham Essex
Received 16 Dec 202225 D'Arcy Road Tiptree Essex CO5 0RR
Received 19 Dec 2022Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex
Received 13 Dec 2022Seasons School Road Little Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8LB
Received 19 Dec 2022Land Adjacent To Fieldway Station Road Wickham Bishops Essex
Received 19 Dec 202211 Hall Road Heybridge Essex CM9 4QF
Received 19 Dec 2022Land Adjacent To 56 Top Road Tolleshunt Knights Essex
Received 19 Dec 2022Limebrook Trade Centre Wycke Hill Business Park Maldon Essex
Received 20 Dec 2022Land At 2 East Hall Cottages East End Road Bradwell-on-sea Essex
Received 20 Dec 2022Bradwell Marina Waterside Road Bradwell-on-sea Essex CM0 7RB
Received 20 Dec 20222 East Hall Cottages East End Road Bradwell-on-sea Essex CM0 7PP
Received 20 Dec 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Maldon District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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